From Pine View Farm

May, 2021 archive

QOTD 0

William James:

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

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Some Roses 0

Some more pictures taken while strolling through Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea on a nice spring day. The captions are taken from the signs on the little stakes next to the plants. The photos were edited in the GIMP:

Strike It Rich Rose

Strike It Rich Rose

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To the Rescue 0

Democratic Donkey gestures towards a sign reading

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Suffer the Children 0

There is a crisis at the southwestern border of the United States, but it’s not the one that right-wingers and Fox News portray.

It’s a crisis of cruelty.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is a family affair.

A 6-year-old child has died after an accidental shooting by the 3-year-old sibling in Maylene in Shelby County (Alabama-ed.).

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Taming the Toxic Titans of Tech 0

This is a relatively long video (a little less than half an hour), but well worth a listen.

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Vaccine Nation 0

The Rude One has had it.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits before the (Bill) Barr.

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QOTD 0

Jonathan Sacks:

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

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The Plot 0

Man at barbecue is grumbling.  Wife asks,

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Plastics People, You’re Such a Drag 0

Microplastics are everywhere.

This is not good.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

Be prepared for an unexpected layover.

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The Voter Fraud Fraud 0

Meet a voter fraudster.

Spoiler alert: He cast a falsified ballot for Donald Trump.

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Base Desires, Lumber Truthers Dept. 0

We are a society of stupid.

Also, Thom is an optimist.

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How Stuff Works, the Eye of the Beholder Dept. 0

Via C&L.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness is child’s play.

And it’s just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.

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QOTD 0

Kenneth Boulding:

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

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Wall-Eyed Pikers 0

Here’s a picture of a wall that didn’t work.

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The Great Wall of China did not prevent China from being overrun by the Mongols.

Not that immigrants and refugees seeking refuge in the U. S. are trying to overrun anything, but making the point that walls don’t work.

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Maskless Marauders 0

A marauder throws a hissy-fit.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Daniel A. Lobel offers some hints on how to communicate with Trump supporters.

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